As the OEDILF notes, exspuition is an old word for spitting, which you can do either standing or sitting. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Exspuition, an Old Word for Spitting”
Here’s another limerick from the Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form.
This is about the word expuition.
Expuition?
Do you know this word?
I don’t.
E-X-S-P-U-I-T-I-O-N.
Expuition.
Okay.
Expuition’s an old word for spitting.
You can spit either standing or sitting.
Just how far you can spew your saliva,
If you hit my shoe a faux pas you’re committing.
Oh, nice.
That works.
So you’ll always remember that word, right?
